I want the angel
Whose dreams are fatal
They cause the snake's milk to run and curdle
I want the angelWhose darkness doubles
It absorbs the brilliance of all my troubles
I want the angel
That will not shatterEvery time I whisper, "Girl it does not matter"
I want the angel
Who's got the proof
She signals her devotion from the rails on the roofI want the angel
That comes to stay
She don't let lawyers and ambition lead her away
I want the angelWhose eyes are raving
Who takes what I'm giving and not what I'm saving
I want the angel
Whose bones are so sharpThat they can break through their own excuses
Well, to be a blind man,
Hey, that would be a fine thing
Then I could dream at night of total strangersAnd all the music would be so spaceless
And all the women would be so faceless,
They'd be so faceless they'd be like old film
Just like old film I never did processI want the angel
That knows the sky
She got virtue, she got the parallel light in her eye
I want the angelThat's partly lame
She filters clarity from her desperate shame
I want the angel
That knows rejectionWho's like a whore in love with her own reflection
I want the angel
Whose touch don't miss
When the blood comes through the dropper like a thick red kissIf I could break through I could be certain
But this obsession is like some fiery curtain
All the numbers reduced to zero
And those who died young, they are my heroesThey are my heroes, they took the walk
Where the heart made sense and the mind can't talk
I want the angel
Whose child don't weepShe's got dreams designed for eternal sleep
I want the angel
That will not change
Into a four-legged monster in love with the strangeI want the angel
That never chooses
And don't come running back every time she loses
But I want the angel that never loses
Songwriters
J. CARROLL, B. LINSLEYPublished by
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